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A review by porgyreads
Either/Or by Elif Batuman

emotional informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

At the same time, I had a powerful sense of having escaped something: of having finally stepped outside of the script.”

I have rarely had the feeling where even halfway through the book I am already planning to re-read it. Nor a book that mentions so many books i feel compelled to read. I picked up Either/Or in Paris because I hated the British covers and so had put off buying it. I hadn’t even thought I’d be able to get the book where I was and upon finishing it, I realise that wait between finishing The Idiot and getting to Either/or, was fate.